Ludhiana, Sept. 28 -- The Rupnagar police on Sunday raided the Model Town Extension residence of former SGPC member and ex-Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Amarjit Singh Chawla, who has been booked in a rape case.

A team from Sri Anandpur Sahib police station, which is investigating the case registered on August 21 following a complaint by a Bahrain-based woman originally from Sangrur, questioned Chawla's wife and other family members for nearly two hours. The complainant alleged that she was wrongfully confined and repeatedly sexually assaulted.

Police officials, familiar with the probe, said the questioning was aimed at determining whether any family member had a role or knowledge of the alleged offence.

Chawla, who has dismissed the...